Means for sealing the edge of a panel to frame means

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EDGE-SEALING MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY DISENGAGEABLY SEALING THE EDGE OF A PANEL TO AN EFFECTIVE FRAME MEANS SURROUNDING AN APERTURE IN A WALL COMPRISING: FRAMEWORK MEANS PROVIDED WITH FASTENING MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID FRAMEWORK MEANS TO AN EFFECTIVE FRAME MEANS IN A WALL SURROUNDING AND DEFINING AN APERTURE THEREIN, SAID FRAMEWORK MEANS INCLUDING TWO HORIZONTALLY SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DIRECTED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, SIMILAR SIDE FRAMEWORK PORTIONS, AND ALSO INCLUDING TWO VERTICALLY SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, END FRAMEWORK PORTIONS, ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED ACROSS SAID SIDE FRAMEWORK PORTIONS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS THEREOF TO DEFINE SAID FRAMEWORK MEANS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR, RIGID CONFIGURATION AS SEEN IN FRONT ELEVATION, OF A SIZE AND SHAPE CORRESPONDING TO AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID FRAME MEANS IN SAID WALL SURROUNDING SAID APERTURE DEFINED THEREIN, EACH OF SAID FRAMEWORK PORTIONS COMPRISES A LONGITUDINAL MEMBER OF SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION INCLUDING TWO PERPENDICULARLY RELATED PLANAR THIN-SHEET WING PORTIONS JOINED TOGETHER AND DEFINING AN INTERCONNECTING VERTEX PORTION, EACH OF SAID WING PORTIONS BEING PROVIDED WITH COPLANAR THIN-SHEET ANGULARLY DISPOSED AND SPACED PORTIONS OF SUPPORTING WALL MEANS EXTENDING ANGULARLY INWARDLY BETWEEN SAID WING PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBER AND LYING ON THE INNER SIDE OF SAID VERTEX PORTION BETWEEN SAID TWO WING PORTIONS WHEREBY TO LIE IN SYMMETRICAL ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED SUPPORTING WALL MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSIBLE SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS COEXTENSIVE WITH AND LYING ALONG THE COMPLETE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS FOR FORCIBLE SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMPLETE SURFACE AREAS OF CORRESPONDINGLY ANGULARLY SHAPED AND POSITIONED EDGE PORTIONS OF A PANEL ADAPTED TO BE FASTENED ACROSS SAID PORTIONS OF A PANEL ADAPTED TO BE CLOSING SAME, SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS AND SAID SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS BEING EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED WITH CONTROLLABLY ENGAGEABLE RETENTION MEANS ALONG THE LENGTHS THEREOF FOR CONTROLLABLY ENGAGING SAID RETAINING SAID SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS AGAINST SAID COMPLETE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS IN SAID POSITION FOR SEALING ENGAGEWNT WITH SAID CORRESPONDINGLY ANGULARLY SHAPED AND POSITIONED EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID PANEL, SAID RETENTION MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS CARRIED, RESPECTIVELY, BY A REAR SURFACE OF SAID SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS AND BY A CORRESPONDINGLY POSITIONED PART OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID FIRST ELEMENT CARRIED BY THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS, SAID FIRST ELEMENT OF SAID RETENTION MEANS COMPRISING AN ELASTOMERIC EFFECTIVELY HEADED LONGITUDINAL PROJECTION CARRIED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID SEALING GASKET STRIP MEANS, AND SAID SECOND ELEMENT OF SAID RETENTION MEANS COMPRISING CORRESPONDING RECEIVING SLOT MEANS CARRIED ALONG THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS CARRIED ALONG THE BETWEEN SAD COPLANAR THIN-SHEET ANGULARLY DISPOSED AND SPACED PORTIONS OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS BEING RESILIENTLY ENGAGED BY FORCIBLE AND TEMPORARY DEFORMATION OF SAID ELASTOMERIC EFFECTIVELY HEADED PROJECTION DURING INSERTION THEREOF THROUGH SAID SLOT MEANS INTO A FULLY RETAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID COPLANAR THINSHEET ANGULARLY DISPOSED AND SPACED PORTIONS OF SAID SUPPORTING WALL MEANS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID RECEIVING SLOT MEANS.